Disrepair & Associated Works

Tender description

Charnwood Borough Council (‘CBC’) owns and manages around 5,450 rented properties and 333 leasehold dwellings based in the town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, and its surrounding towns and rural villages. The Council has seen an increase in disrepair claims. CBC intends to enter into a contract with one successful Contractor under a bespoke form of the JCT Measured Term Contract (‘the Contract’) for a period of 2 years with the potential to extend for one further period of 2 years to a maximum of 4 years total contract duration. The Disrepair Works programme (the ‘Programme’) comprises an on-demand repair and maintenance service to occupied properties in the Council’s housing stock which are the subject of a housing disrepair claim initiated by the tenant. The Programme includes to repair these properties within prescribed timescales in order to allow the Council to comply with its repairing obligations, increase customer satisfaction, and to prevent successful disrepair claims leading to financial loss to the Council. The Programme is estimated to commence in January 2024 and will include but not be limited to inspections and surveys, damp and mould works, plastering, re-pointing, joinery repairs, roofing and roofline works including missing tiles, and repairs to chimney stacks, rainwater gullies and downpipes, replacement of double glazed units, partial replacement of kitchen units and worktops, flooring repairs, plumbing repairs, repairs to WCs and bathroom suites, repair to plasterwork and ceilings, rehanging and/or replacing internal and external doors, lock replacements, , installing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors extractor fans and loft insulation, electrical and central heating. Keywords: Building inspection, Disrepair, Building Works, on-demand repair and maintenance service